{"id":33513,"date":"2021-03-25T15:20:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T15:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33513"},"modified":"2021-03-25T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T15:20:47","slug":"qbittorrent-4-3-4-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/03\/qbittorrent-4-3-4-released\/","title":{"rendered":"qBittorrent 4.3.4 Released! New Sorting Logic, Drop Ubuntu 18.04 Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/qbittorrent-icon245.png\" alt=\"qBittorrent\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The free and open-source BitTorrent client qBittorrent 4.3.4 was released. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10 via PPA.<\/p>\n<p>qBittorrent 4.3.4 reworked the sorting logic. To get the old sorting order for the &#8220;queue number&#8221; column, first sort on the &#8220;Completed On&#8221; column and then sort on the &#8220;#&#8221;(queue number) column.<\/p>\n<p>The new release now requires Qt >= 5.12. <i><b>Ubuntu 18.04 is no longer supported via the official PPA<\/b><\/i> due to outdated system libraries. You can however get it via the <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/details\/org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flatpak package<\/a> since it gets most run time libraries bundled.<\/p>\n<p>Changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qbittorrent.org\/news.php\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">qBittorrent 4.3.4<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add ability to prioritize selected items by shown file order.<\/li>\n<li>Allow tab to escape the text box in &#8220;Edit trackers&#8221; dialog.<\/li>\n<li>Support sub-sorting in Transferlist.<\/li>\n<li>Expose ToS setting from libtorrent.<\/li>\n<li>Improve tracker entries handling.<\/li>\n<li>Enlarge &#8220;speed limit&#8221; icon slightly.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t prevent system sleep due to errored torrents.<\/li>\n<li>Use stable sorting in transfer list.<\/li>\n<li>Apply &#8220;Hide zero\/infinity values&#8221; to &#8220;Time Active&#8221;, &#8220;Down\/Up Limit&#8221; and ETA columns.<\/li>\n<li>Fix potential out-of-bounds access.<\/li>\n<li>Add a 3-Hour graph.<\/li>\n<li>Add option to disable icons in menus.<\/li>\n<li>Improve detection of filename extension of audio\/video files.<\/li>\n<li>Various drawing improvements of progress bar.<\/li>\n<li>Raise minimum libtorrent version to 1.2.12, Qt version to 5.12.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/qbittorrent434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33514\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install qBittorrent 4.3.4 via PPA:<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~qbittorrent-team\/+archive\/ubuntu\/qbittorrent-stable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official qBittorrent PPA<\/a> has built the new release packages for Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 20.10.<\/p>\n<p>1. To add the PPA, open <u>terminal<\/u> by either pressing <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard or searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from application menu. When it opens, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team\/qbittorrent-stable<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/qbittorrent-ppa-focal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"148\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33273\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. If an old version was installed on your system, upgrade it via <b>Software Updater<\/b>,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-qbittorrent-450x301.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade qBittorrent\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-qbittorrent-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-qbittorrent-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-qbittorrent.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or run following commands to install \/upgrade qBittorrent in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install qbittorrent<\/pre>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove qBittorrent PPA, either go to <b>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/b>, or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:qbittorrent-team\/qbittorrent-stable<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the bittorrent client, either use your system package manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove qbittorrent<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The free and open-source BitTorrent client qBittorrent 4.3.4 was released. 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